Society thought women didn’t need a higher education. Emma Hart Willard made it her life’s work to improve female education.
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Mary McLeod Bethune Lights the Way Even After Death
Mary McLeod Bethune was an extraordinary woman, an educator, and a civil rights leader. A child of former slaves, she grew from poverty and ignorance into a woman who changed her world. Most of all, she lights the way even after death. Early Years Mary was the fifteenth of seventeen children born to former slaves.…… Continue reading Mary McLeod Bethune Lights the Way Even After Death